Here's a thought,
if Jesus never paid taxes except with those coins recovered in fish,
what kind of coins are used in the Kingdom of Heaven?
Matthew 25: 14-33
If Jesus turns the worldview upside down, the big debt reducing currency has to be something only God would want to be passing around profusely.
"Go then and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always to the very end of the age." Matthew 28:19-20
Maybe Matthew should have stopped using parables for the judgment discourse and just said "for in as much as you have shared the message of God's forgiveness, and forgiven as I have forgiven you... now you get to enter into my joy too."
Joy filled God, how we would love to enter into your joy. But too many of us have become weighed down with images of you as harsh, judging and critical. Fear overpowers the prospect of being close to you. Hear our prayers to be released from the fears of Judgment. Empower us to claim with confidence a place inside the circle of your loving arms. As we continue to open and embrace new people into the circle of your love may we never fear that you will loose track of us or forget us just because others have been drawn into the circle. Fix in us a vision of your overflowing wellspring of joy, peace and forgiveness so that we too can share that vision with others. Amen.
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